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opened wing; tail feathers blackish-brown, the outer pairs with white tips; 

 all the under-parts dingy white, most of the feathers with narrow brown 

 shaft streaks; flanks slightly washed with brownish; throat almost white; 

 under wing-coverts dull dark-brown with white edges; under tail-coverts 

 white, with subterminal brown arrow-shaped marks. Iris cream-colour; 

 feet yellow. The female has a darker brown head. Total length 4 inches, 

 culmen .6, wing 3.1, tail 1.5, tarsus .7. 



The White-headed Tree-runner. 



Neositta leucocephala. 

 Queensland and New South Wales. 



Head and neck all round pure white; under tail-coverts brown tipped 

 with white; otherwise like preceding. 



The Pied Tree-runner. 



Neositta aliata. 

 North-east Queensland. 



Like E. leucocephala but with white wing patch instead of rusty one. 

 Wing 3 inches, tail 1..?. 



The Black-capped Tree-runner. 



Neositta pileata. 



All the states except Queensland and Northern Territory. 



Crown of head deep black; a narrow white band on the forehead, 

 praaoeular and superciliary regions and lores; ear-coverts, part of occiput, 

 nape, hind neck, mantle, scapulars and back uniform greyish -brown; rump 

 and lower back pure white; upper tail-coverts white with several blackish- 

 brown cross-bars; tail feathers black with white tips; wings above 

 blackish-brown with rusty red patch; under wing-coverts black; edge 

 of wing white; cheeks, sides of neck, throat, breast and abdomen pure 

 white; under tail-coverts white with large subterminal blackish-brown 

 cross-bars; sides, flanks, thighs greyish-brown; bill yellow at base, black 

 at tip; feet bright yellow, iris buffy-hazel. In the female the whole of 

 the upper parts and sides of the head black. Culmen .6 to .7, wing 3.4 to 

 3.52; tail 1.65 to 1.7, tarsus .7 to .73. 



The Slender-billed Tree-runner. 



N. tenuirostris. 



Interior of South and West Australia. 



The wing patch is paler and the bill is slenderer than in the preceding. 

 It ' ' seems to be a smaller race of N. pileata representing the latter in the 

 interior of South Australia." (B.M.C.). 



The White-winged Tree-runner. 



N. leucoptera. 

 North Australia. 



Eesembles N. pileata in the head and under parts, but has the win" 

 patch pure white instead of rusty colour. 



